Monday, March 3, 2008
On Sunday, the pugs went for a little road trip to Gainesville. Their Grammy just had a pretty big operation last week and is currently in the hospital in Gainesville and the pugs came over to provide a little relief. Well, not for Grammy since they aren’t allowed to visit but for their momma. There is a huge dog park in Gainesville called Dog Wood Park and the pugs made the 2 plus hour drive to visit their momma and play at the dog park of course.
I didn’t have my camera so unfortunately I don’t have any pictures, but I really wanted to share this story anyway. At the park, the boys and Luna met Jake, a bird hound mix, that was nicknamed Tigger. Jake was almost 1 year old and he was the most energetic dog that I have ever met. The dog park is 15 acres and he was pretty much running circles around that place. He was really, really quick and he was jumping around like a wild man (hence the nickname Tigger). He was running through the lake, bounding out running through sand piles, circling trees, jumping back in the lake, running around some benches. Watching him was tiring me out. There were several other labs there and Jake completely exhausted them. After they got tired, they went to a more quiet section of the park, which left just Jake with only three little pugs to play with. So here comes Jake leaping and bounding over to the pugs. Benjamin, Henry & Luna are not the type to shy away from making a new friend so they immediately started to play. However, to their dismay that could not catch Jake. All three of them were running full steam and they just weren’t keeping pace. Jake would have to double back and pass them and they would have to quickly switch directions. Benny even started to whine as he was chasing after Jake because he wanted to catch him and he couldn’t.
Henry knew that he couldn’t beat Jake in running so he tried to outsmart him and predict his next move. But he didn’t have any luck outsmarting him either. Jake would just jump right over Henry and race off.
You know who gave Jake a run for his money? Little, blind, Luna! Before Sunday, I knew Luna was quick, and that she was the quickest of the three, but she showed me just how quick she was today. The girl was flying! She was tearing after Jake and she did a great job keeping up. But just when she would get close, Jake would jump into the lake, and Luna, well, it didn’t matter how much fun she was having, she was not going in the lake to get him. Instead, she would run along that edge of the lake taunting him, telling him to get out which Jake happily did and the chase would start all over again.
Watching the gang chase after a dog three times there size and really think that they could catch him really made my day. It just goes to show that pugs really don’t know how big they are. Especially, Little Luna, she was determined to catch Jake. And wouldn’t you know it, the little girl almost did.
So Jake, thank you for exhausting my three pugs. I haven’t seem them run that hard in a long time. They had a great time and when we told Grammy that story it made her smile. Pug fun, just what the doctor ordered.
Monday, February 25, 2008
The boys and Luna had a great time running around at the beach last Friday. It was an overcast day so that kept down on the crowds a bit and that is always good because it gives the pugs a little bit more room to romp and stomp.
Luna was particularly fired up when we first got to the beach. She was running around, full-steam, like a wild woman. Benny was more than happy to chase her.
Henry, of course, took a dip in the water. And while he swam, Benny taunted him from the water’s edge trying to coax him out. It worked a few times.
When we packed up and started heading for the car all that was left was evidence of lots of fun.
Friday, February 22, 2008
We took the day off work today and thought the best way to get a 3-day weekend started was to head to the beach. I’m not sure who is more excited me or the pugs.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Last Sunday afternoon we went to the beach. It had been a while since the boys and Luna had been to the beach so as soon as we got close they got very excited. Once there, the pugs ran around like crazy, running in an out of the water with sand flying from their feet.
Henry is in the lead here and is making a sharp left to avoid being pummeled by Luna and Benjamin.
Luna just loves to strut her stuff on the beach.
And one of the few moments when Benjamin was standing still.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
This was the scene Saturday morning while we ate breakfast on the lanai and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Luna and Henry are on the lanai and Benjamin was in the yard, directly behind them. It was a great start to a great day. Things like this are reason #106 on why I wish everyday was Saturday.
Monday, November 5, 2007
After a weekend of gorgeous weather and lots of outdoor activity, I have three very tired pugs on my hands.
We finally got our first taste of Fall here in FL and this weekend was perfect pug weather. The pugs could get out and run and go on long walks and I didn’t have to worry about them getting overheated. We kicked the air conditioning off and opened all the doors and windows and the pugs and Cupid had full run of the house and could go in and out from the screened in porch to the house as much as they pleased. They just love having free run like that.
And the pugs all got baths on Sunday along with some toenail clipping. They didn’t enjoy that quite as much as they did the good weather, but they sure do smell nice.
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
This weekend we went to the dog park so Benjamin, Henry & Luna could get out and run around a bit. The great thing about the dog park that we went to is that there are plenty of trees in the park, which means plenty of shade. This was great for the boys and Luna because it is still pretty hot here in FL.
There were a handful of small dogs there when we arrived so there were plenty of playmates for Benjamin, Henry & Luna. The boys, of course, took to a Pit Bull puppy that was rescued from the pound. This made me very nervous at first, but she was a real sweetheart and they made great playmates (she could handle the boys tag teaming her).
Luna found a couple of little dogs her size and chased them around for a while. I snapped a lot of pictures of her playing, but they all came out blurry! I guess I will have plenty of pics for the bloopers.
After playing for a bit, Henry made himself comfortable on a bench at the park and kept watch over everything that was going on.
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